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At Modist, we push past traditional brewing by embracing creativity and unconstrained experimentation.
This starts with the approach to recipe development taken by our Head Brewer, Keigan. Contrary to starting with a style guideline in mind, then moving forward – he starts with a flavor and experience in mind, then works backward. And since we’ve decided to not be bound by style guidelines, he’s free to use whatever ingredients in any amount with whatever technique he wants to create a new beer experience.
To enable this philsophy and to enhance our creativity, we created a custom built brewhouse that allows us to make the beers we want to make. It’s centered around the region’s first mash filter. This piece of equipment allows us to use any grain in any percentage – and do so while using a fraction of the water and energy of a traditional brewery.
This starts with the approach to recipe development taken by our Head Brewer, Keigan. Contrary to starting with a style guideline in mind, then moving forward – he starts with a flavor and experience in mind, then works backward. And since we’ve decided to not be bound by style guidelines, he’s free to use whatever ingredients in any amount with whatever technique he wants to create a new beer experience.
To enable this philsophy and to enhance our creativity, we created a custom built brewhouse that allows us to make the beers we want to make. It’s centered around the region’s first mash filter. This piece of equipment allows us to use any grain in any percentage – and do so while using a fraction of the water and energy of a traditional brewery.
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Can shared by Brad, thanks! Pours a clear gold with visible sediment and a white head that dissipates quickly to the edges. Aroma has peanut butter and roasted malts with a bit of chocolate underlying. Flavor has lots of peanut butter and light roast with some dark grains.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Mar 2019
at 00:10
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Roasted coffee, there might be some coconut. Lightly sweet. Like a blonde porter.
Tried
on 03 Mar 2019
at 00:02
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Red Cow North Loop. Pours a cloudy yellow with an orange hue and a white head that dissipates to the edges and laces slightly. Aroma is full of juicy citrus with some tropical fruits, a bit of flora and sweet grains underlying. Flavor has bright sweet citrus and tropical fruits with some coconut and sweet grains supporting.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Mar 2019
at 20:18
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can pour into taster glass from Andover Classic Wines. Appearance is cloudy yellow (bit urine-like) with nice sparkle, thin cap of off-white head with fair lacing. Aroma is citrus, pine/herb and peach. Taste is modest fruit, citrus, hay. Palate is light-to-medium bodied with thin texture, soft carbonation and dry finish as taste. Overall, solid but everything is just a hair below being awesome--modest complexity and flavor, texture a bit thin.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Feb 2019
at 12:23
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours a slightly hazy burnt orange with a near white head that dissipates nearly completely. Aroma is bread forward with straw and hay notes supporting. Flavor has earthy grains and bread with a hint of darkness underlying.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Jan 2019
at 00:23
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours a cloudy yellow with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has bitter citrus and onion with a good amount of vanilla and sweet grains. Flavor combines dank citrus and vanilla with a bit of marijuana underlying.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Jan 2019
at 00:06
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours black with a chocolate brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has almonds and dark grains with roasted malts and chocolate supporting. Flavor has earthy dark grains and roasted malts with growing almond and a hint of chocolate underlying.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jan 2019
at 23:48
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2019
at 10:43
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
On tap at Red Cow North Loop. Pours a hazy orange with a gold hue and a white head that dissipates to the edges and laces slightly. Aroma has dank citrus, a hint of green pepper, light onion and a bit of sweet grain underlying. Flavor has dank citrus and sweet onion with grass, green pepper and a hint of tropical fruit supporting.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Jan 2019
at 17:46
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can pour into nonic pint glass from Andover Classic Wines. Appearance is cloudy orange-yellow with decent sparkle, 1/2-finger width off-white foamy head with poor retention and fair, soapy lacing. Aroma is citrus, bread, milder tropical fruit and pine. Taste is strong, astringent citrus, milder tropical fruit, pine, herb, yeast. Palate is medium bodied with smooth, thick texture, average carbonation, mix of sweet and mild tart yeast and bitter finish. Overall, pretty meaty and strong aroma and flavor with decent complexity.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jan 2019
at 04:00